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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION
Monday, April 5, 2021
Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission
CALL TO ORDER
A Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review Commission was called to order on Monday, April
5, 2021 at 5:03 p.m. via teleconference, by Chair Allen Root.
ROLL CALL
Present: Commissioners Michael DeMartini, Ashley Mayou, Brian Pineda, Micah Smith, Vice
Chair Christie Withers, and Chair Allen Root
Absent: Commissioner Mandi Pickens
Staff: Senior Planner Shawna Scott and City Clerk Teresa Purrington
PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
None
--End of Public Comment--
CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES
1.Minutes of the Architectural Review Commission meeting of March 1, 2021.
ACTION: MOTION BY VICE CHAIR WITHERS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
MAYOU, CARRIED 6-0-1 (WITH COMMISSIONER PICKENS ABSENT), to approve the
Minutes of the Architectural Review Commission meeting of March 1, 2021.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
2. Review of the proposed sign program for the previously-approved Towneplace Suites hotel,
including the following exceptions: request for a total of four signs (three wall signs and one
monument sign) where two is the standard in the CT zone; request for a total of three wall
signs, where one wall sign is the standard for a single “occupant”; request to locate one wall
sign on the east elevation, which does not include a public entrance but faces U.S. Highway
101; request to locate wall signs at the third and fourth floors of the hotel where a location at
the upper most point of the second story is the standard; request for 300 square feet (sf) of
cumulative wall sign area (three signs, 100 sf each), where 200 sf is the standard; and request
for a 24.6-sf monument sign, where 24 sf is the standard. The sign program is consistent with
the adopted Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project. Project address: 1301 Calle
Joaquin; Case #: ARCH-0423-2020; Zone: CT-SF; Mitch Chemers, owner/applicant.
Senior Planner Shawna Scott presented the staff report and responded to Commissioner
inquiries.
Applicant representative, Mitch Chemers, provided a presentation and responded to
Commissioner inquiries.
Public Comments:
None
--End of Public Comment--
ACTION: MOTION BY VICE CHAIR WITHERS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER
PINEDA, CARRIED 4-2-1 (Commissioner Smith and Chair Root voting no, and
Commissioner Pickens absent), to recommend that the Community Development Director find
the proposed sign program and associated exceptions consistent with the Sign Regulations and
Community Design Guidelines, with the removal of the third wall sign.
COMMENT AND DISCUSSION
3. Staff Updates
Senior Planner Shawna Scott provided a brief agenda forecast.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 5:42 p.m. The next Regular Meeting of the Architectural Review
Commission is scheduled for Monday, April 19, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. via teleconference.
APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMISSION: XX/XX/2021
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